Brett E. Fortune

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Brett E. Fortune
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Brett
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Fortune
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1720121585
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17475
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Full Time
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-medicine
Gender
Male
Email
bfortune@montefiore.org
Phone
718-920-7561
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Medicine
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Rank
Associate Professor
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me-patientcare-transplant-pediatric
Division
Hepatology
Type
Clinical
Title
Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program
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Clinical
Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Administrative
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POINT (-73.88072 40.88002)
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111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461-2401
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Montefiore Medical Center
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POINT (-73.84544 40.84518)
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1621 Eastchester Road
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Bronx
State
NY
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10461-2301
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Montefiore Medical Group-Comprehensive Family Care Center (CFCC)
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POINT (-73.8798833 40.8799447)
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Rosenthal Pavilion
Room
218
Address Line 1
Montefiore Medical Center
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111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
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Fellowship
Education Institution
University of Colorado
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Residency
Education Institution
Ohio State University Medical Center
Professional Interests

<p>Brett E. Fortune, MD, MSc, is Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program, and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on providing care for patients with advanced liver disease and those who need or have received liver transplantation.</p>
<p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences in 1999 from North Carolina State University, Dr. Fortune earned his Doctor of Medicine from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2004. He then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center in 2007. After this, he participated in a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Colorado Denver, where he also earned his Master of Science in clinical sciences, completing both in 2011. Dr. Fortune remained there for another year to participate in a transplant hepatology fellowship, which he completed in 2012.</p>
<p>Dr. Fortune&rsquo;s research focuses on clinical outcomes related to cirrhosis and portal hypertension complications as well as quality improvement in the care of patients with cirrhosis or those who have received a liver transplant. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals or books. He is currently Associate Editor for Liver Transplantation and Liver Section Editor for Digestive Disease Interventions, and has sat on the editorial board for Hepatology.</p>
<p>Dr. Fortune is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of many professional organizations, such as the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) and the American Liver Foundation. Dr. Fortune won the Kushlan Junior Faculty Award, Section of Digestive Diseases in 2015 and the Howard M. Spiro Digestive Disease Fellowship Teaching Award in 2016 from Yale School of Medicine.</p>

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Professional Title
M.D.
EMR ID
P1004568
Biography

<p>Brett E. Fortune, MD, MSc, is Medical Director, Liver Transplant Program, and Associate Professor, Medicine at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on providing care for patients with advanced liver disease and those who need or have received liver transplantation.</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Science in biological sciences in 1999 from North Carolina State University, Dr. Fortune earned his Doctor of Medicine from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in 2004. He then completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at The Ohio State University Medical Center in 2007. After this, he participated in a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Colorado Denver, where he also earned his Master of Science in clinical sciences, completing both in 2011. Dr. Fortune remained there for another year to participate in a transplant hepatology fellowship, which he completed in 2012.</p><p>Dr. Fortune&rsquo;s research focuses on clinical outcomes related to cirrhosis and portal hypertension complications as well as quality improvement in the care of patients with cirrhosis or those who have received a liver transplant. His work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals or books. He is currently Associate Editor for <em>Liver Transplantation</em> and Liver Section Editor for <em>Digestive Disease Interventions</em>, and has sat on the editorial board for <em>Hepatology</em>.</p><p>Dr. Fortune is board certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Transplant Hepatology by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a member of many professional organizations, such as the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) and the American Liver Foundation. Dr. Fortune won the Kushlan Junior Faculty Award, Section of Digestive Diseases in 2015 and the Howard M. Spiro Digestive Disease Fellowship Teaching Award in 2016 from Yale School of Medicine.</p>

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Kristina R. Chacko

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Kristina R. Chacko
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First Name
Kristina
Last Name
Chacko
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1528246097
Faculty ID
13632
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Full Time
Patient Type
Adult
Department
einstein-dept-medicine
Gender
Female
Email
krchacko@montefiore.org
Phone
888-795-4837
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Academic
Department
Department of Medicine
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Rank
Associate Professor
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Hepatology
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Clinical
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Transplant Hepatologist
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Clinical
Title
Medical Director, Living Donor Liver Program
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Clinical
Title
Program Director of Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
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Clinical
Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
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Clinical
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Administrative
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POINT (-73.84154 40.84612)
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1250 Waters place
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10461-2720
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Montefiore at 1250 Waters Place
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POINT (-73.84907 40.85098)
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1180 Morris Park Avenue
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NY
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10461-1925
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Montefiore Wellness Center
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POINT (-73.97766 41.0925)
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2 Crosfield Avenue
City
West Nyack
State
NY
Zip
10994
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Crosfield Avenue at 2
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Rosenthal Pavilion
Room
2C
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Montefiore Medical Center
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111 East 210th Street
City
Bronx
State
NY
Zip
10467
Location Title
Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
Baylor College of Medicine
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Fellowship
Education Institution
New York University Medical Center
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Fellowship
Education Institution
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
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Residency
Education Institution
Emory University Hospital
Professional Interests

<p>Kristina R. Chacko, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY. &nbsp;She joined the Einstein-Montefiore Liver Center in 2013 after completing a fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, NY. &nbsp;She received her bachelor of arts in philosophy at Boston College and attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. &nbsp;She completed her internal medicine residency at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, and gastroenterology fellowship at New York University.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her clinical and research interests include the diagnosis and management of alcoholic hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver diseases, and liver transplantation.&nbsp; As the program director of the ACGME-accredited transplant hepatology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center, she is directly involved in the development and execution of the hepatology curriculum for gastroenterology and hepatology fellows.&nbsp;</p>

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<p><span style="color:#616161;font-family:'SF Pro Text', 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, Roboto;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.24px;background-color:#f5f5f5;">Transplant Hepatology, Autoimmune Hepatitis, Fatty Liver Disease (Alcohol/Non-alcohol), Acute alcoholic hepatitis, Living Donor Transplant</span></p>

Research Focus

<span style="color:#616161;font-family:'SF Pro Text', 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif, Roboto;font-size:14px;letter-spacing:-0.24px;background-color:#f5f5f5;">Research interest includes alcohol-related liver disease, liver transplantation, viral hepatitis and autoimmune liver disease.</span>

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<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Nahas J, Tow CY, <strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Haider T, Massoumi H. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor does not improve mortality in severe alcoholic hepatitis: a single-center experience from the United States. Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2023;16(1):524-526. PMID: 37070107</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">D&iacute;az LA, Fuentes-L&oacute;pez E, Ayares G, Idalsoaga F, Arnold J, Valverde MA, Perez D, G&oacute;mez J, Escarate R, Villal&oacute;n A, Ram&iacute;rez CA, Hernandez-Tejero M, Zhang W, Qian S, Simonetto DA, Ahn JC, Buryska S, Dunn W, Mehta H, Agrawal R, Cabezas J, Garc&iacute;a-Carrera I, Cuy&agrave;s B, Poca M, Soriano G, Sarin SK, Maiwall R, Jalal PK, Abdulsada S, Higuera-de-la-Tijera F, Kulkarni AV, Rao PN, Salazar PG, Skladan&yacute; L, Bystrianska N, Clemente-Sanchez A, Villaseca-G&oacute;mez C, Haider T, <strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Romero GA, Pollarsky FD, Restrepo JC, Castro-Sanchez S, Toro LG, Yaquich P, Mendizabal M, Garrido ML, Marciano S, Dirchwolf M, Vargas V, Jim&eacute;nez C, Louvet A, Garc&iacute;a-Tsao G, Roblero JP, Abraldes JG, Shah VH, Kamath PS, Arrese M, Singal AK, Bataller R, Arab JP. MELD 3.0 adequately predicts mortality and renal replacement therapy requirements in patients with alcohol-associated hepatitis. JHEP Rep. 2023 Mar 15;5(8):100727. PMID: 37456675;&nbsp;</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Arab JP, D&iacute;az LA, Baeza N, Idalsoaga F, Fuentes-L&oacute;pez E, Arnold J, Ram&iacute;rez CA, Morales-Arraez D, Ventura-Cots M, Alvarado-Tapias E, Zhang W, Clark V, Simonetto D, Ahn JC, Buryska S, Mehta TI, Stefanescu H, Horhat A, Bumbu A, Dunn W, Attar B, Agrawal R, Haque ZS, Majeed M, Cabezas J, Garc&iacute;a-Carrera I, Parker R, Cuy&agrave;s B, Poca M, Soriano G, Sarin SK, Maiwall R, Jalal PK, Abdulsada S, Higuera-de la Tijera MF, Kulkarni AV, Rao PN, Guerra Salazar P, Skladan&yacute; L, Bystrianska N, Prado V, Clemente-Sanchez A, Rinc&oacute;n D, Haider T, <strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Cairo F, de Sousa Coelho M, Romero GA, Pollarsky FD, Restrepo JC, Castro-Sanchez S, Toro LG, Yaquich P, Mendizabal M, Garrido ML, Narvaez A, Bessone F, Marcelo JS, Piombino D, Dirchwolf M, Arancibia JP, Altamirano J, Kim W, Araujo RC, Duarte-Rojo A, Vargas V, Rautou PE, Issoufaly T, Zamarripa F, Torre A, Lucey MR, Mathurin P, Louvet A, Garc&iacute;a-Tsao G, Gonz&aacute;lez JA, Verna E, Brown RS, Roblero JP, Abraldes JG, Arrese M, Shah VH, Kamath PS, Singal AK, Bataller R. Identification of optimal therapeutic window for steroid use in severe alcohol-associated hepatitis: A worldwide study. J Hepatol. 2021 Nov;75(5):1026-1033. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.06.019. Epub 2021 Jun 21. PMID: 34166722.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Andacoglu O, &Ouml;zbek U, Liu J, Figueredo C, <strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Tow C, Reinus JF, Kinkhabwala M. Comparison of 1-Year Morbidity Following Liver Transplant for Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis Versus Alcoholic Cirrhosis. Exp Clin Transplant. 2021 May;19(5):439-444. Epub 2021 Jan 11. PMID: 33455569.</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Fontana RJ, Brown RS Jr, Moreno-Zamora A, Prieto M, Joshi S, Londo&ntilde;o MC, Herzer K, Chacko KR, Stauber RE, Knop V, Jafri SM, Castells L, Ferenci P, Torti C, Durand CM, Loiacono L, Lionetti R, Bahirwani R, Weiland O, Mubarak A, ElSharkawy AM, Stadler B, Montalbano M, Berg C, Pellicelli AM, Stenmark S, Vekeman F, Ionescu-Ittu R, Emond B, Reddy KR. Daclatasvir combined with sofosbuvir or simeprevir in liver transplant recipients with severe recurrent hepatitis C infection. Liver Transpl. 2016 Apr;22(4):446-58. PMID: 26890629.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Wolkoff AW. Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy: New Diagnostic Insights. Ann Hepatol. 2017 March-April;16(2):176-178.&nbsp; PMID: 28233755.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Reinus J. Spectrum of Alcoholic Liver Disease. Clin Liver Dis. 2016 Aug;20(3):419-27. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2016.02.002. Epub 2016 May 31. PMID: 27373606.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #212121; font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><strong>Chacko KR</strong>, Reinus J. Extrahepatic Complications of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Clin Liver Dis. 2016 May;20(2):387-401. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2015.10.004. Epub 2016 Feb 18. PMID: 27063276.</span></p>

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Gina N. Cassel

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Gina N. Cassel
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First Name
Gina
Last Name
Cassel
NPI
1790004653
Faculty ID
14140
Clinical Terms
Employment Status
Full Time
Patient Type
Pediatric
Department
einstein-dept-pediatrics
Gender
Female
Email
gcassel@montefiore.org
Phone
718-741-2449
Titles
Type
Academic
Department
Department of Pediatrics
Department Link
Rank
Assistant Professor
Division
Pediatric Critical Care
Type
Clinical
Title
Director Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Quality & Safety
Type
Clinical
Title
Assistant Medical Director of Patient Safety at CHAM
Type
Clinical
Title
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
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Clinical
Title
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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3411 Wayne Avenue
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Bronx
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NY
Zip
10467-2509
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Montefiore At 3411 Wayne Avenue
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Montefiore Medical Center
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3411 Wayne Avenue
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Bronx
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NY
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10467
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Montefiore Medical Center
Education and Trainings
Education Type Label
Medical Education
Education Institution
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
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Fellowship
Education Institution
Montefiore Medical Center
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Residency
Education Institution
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
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D.O.
Clinical Focus

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

EMR ID
8948
Biography

<p>Gina Cassel-Choudhury, DO, is Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Quality &amp; Safety Council, Assistant Medical Director, Patient Safety, and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Children&rsquo;s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) and Montefiore Einstein. Her focus at CHAM is a multidisciplinary approach to the introduction and maintenance of quality improvement initiatives which promote patient safety.</p><p>After earning her Bachelor of Science in 2003, Dr. Cassel-Choudhury attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, receiving her Doctor of Osteopathy in 2007. She began her postgraduate training with an internship and residency at North Shore-LIJ, Cohen Children&rsquo;s Hospital from 2007 to 2010. Following this, she came to CHAM for a three-year fellowship in pediatric critical care, which she completed in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury&rsquo;s research focus revolves around the standardization, implementation and maintenance of guidelines to optimize patient safety. Such work has included a protocol for enteral feeding of patients on high-flow nasal cannula, a standardized algorithm to prevent iatrogenic drug withdrawal and protocol-driven management of convulsive status epilepticus. She has shared her work through peer-reviewed journals, abstracts and presentations.</p><p>Dr. Cassel-Choudhury is board-certified in general pediatrics and pediatric critical care medicine. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Society of Critical Care, Section on Pediatrics. She is also a member of the Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) network.</p>

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